The Most Serene Republic of Hassium108 is a colossal, genial nation, remarkable for its enslaved workforce, parental licensing program, and daily referendums. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 3.815 billion Hassium108ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 64.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Hassium108ian economy, worth 443 trillion guilders a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 116,177 guilders, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Politicians stage photo ops featuring barely functional fighter jets, the latest electric jet fighter has almost enough battery charge to reach cruising altitude -- provided you don't use the radar, cotton candy made from genuine cotton cellulose doesn't quite satisfy, and Hassium108 City's back alleys are rife with sausage eating. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hassium108's national animal is the emu, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Hassium108 is ranked 117,248^th in the world and 50^th in Periodic Table for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 41,243.12 Standard Monetary Units.